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What would you do?

TheMick6TheMick6 Posts: 582
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I am an avid collector of fifties baseball and it is my overall hobby goal to get graded sets in Psa 6 (53) Psa 7-8 (54-59) eventually. I need two major cards and have managed the rest over the years. They are, no big surprise the 55 Clemente and a nice 59 Gibson. I have a good deal of stuff I can sell that would bring in roughly 6,500 to 7,500 even if I undersold it. One of the things being a large lot of 76 thru 81 hall of famer cards all in PSA 9. The Smith is in there a nice Murray etc. My question being what does everyone think the growth potential is for nice centered 9's of that era? Would having a 7 Clemente and nice 7.5 or 8 Gibson be better? All opinions welcome

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  • gameusedhoopgameusedhoop Posts: 3,592 ✭✭✭✭
    Only a call that you can make, but I would rather have GREAT looking examples for their grades of the Clemente & Gibson cards, especially if they finish off your sets for you. The 76-79 stuff still has some upside with the unopened prices going through the roof, but in the long term I think the prime vintage stuff will outpace the newer stuff.

    The newer stuff seems to be at a peak now too, so it should bring you cash towards the higher end of your goal, you may even be able to upgrade a couple more vintage stars in your sets too, especially when you consider what the ones that you have may bring when sold. I would think that you are into some for quite a bit less than they would sell for now, taking a bite out of the price of an upgrade.
  • GrandMasterBGrandMasterB Posts: 233 ✭✭
    It might be just my opinion but you still see boxes of '78-'81 selling on eBay. I'm sure if you put an ad on Craigslist or your local paper looking for sets of those years, you'll find them.

    I would take some of you best 9's and send them in for review. If they don't bump, sell them. You will always have a chance to repurchase them in the future.
  • PSARichPSARich Posts: 534 ✭✭✭
    There is a great looking 59 Gibson RC in the Greg Bussineau Sports Rarities Auction that just started. Bidding is up to $925 for this PSA 8 example.

    I agree with "gameusedhoop" that I would rather have a very nice high grade 55 Clemente or 59 Gibson as opposed to PSA 9 HOFers from the late 1970s. There are still plenty of late 1970's cards that haven't been graded but I don't think so much of the 55 Clemente or 59 Gibson. With a few exceptions most late 1970's PSA 9 HOFers have fairly high populations and will normally be available at reasonable prices. If the law of supply and demand holds true, the more PSA 9's 1970's HOFers that are graded should keep values from increasing much if at all. Ask yourself how many 55 Clementes / 59 Gibsons PSA 7-8-9's have been graded in the past year compared to late 1970's HOFers PSA 9. I believe you cannot go wrong with nice copies of 1950's HOFers in high grade. The Gibson can be tough to get with great centering and always demands a premium when available with near 50-50 centering in high grade.
  • TheMick6TheMick6 Posts: 582
    Letting it go to get those two big cards was always how I was leaning just like other collectors opinions as a sanity check. Figure ill let some of my unopened go to. Just think there's a little more out there then we all think.
  • basketballcollectorbasketballcollector Posts: 340 ✭✭✭
    See if you can get the guy who bought that 55 Clemente in PSA 10 to sell. Maybe he might image
  • TheMick6TheMick6 Posts: 582
    Yeah that would be a dream card for sure
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